Letter: T-S K15.56

Letter T-S K15.56

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S K15.56
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

  • Image

Description

Draft of the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with respectful greetings for the addressee named David, possibly David I b. Avraham Maimonides. At any rate, the handwriting looks 13th century. Recto: Lower left corner of an unidentified document in Arabic script. About four lines are partially preserved, some of them crossed out.

Related People

Recipient
David I Maimonides (uncertain)

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Box K, 15, fol. 56; TS Box K, 15, f. 56; TS K, 15, f. 56; TS K, 15, fol. 56
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S K15.56 1r

1r

    T-S K15.56 1v

    °
    1v
    Image Permissions Statement
    Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S K15.56. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/23224/ (accessed August 16, 2026).